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DAVIS OFFERS INSIGHTS ON SBC HAPPENINGS

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — A number of issues have risen to the surface across the Southern Baptist Convention and following the recent Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee Board of Directors meeting held in Nashville, Feb. 17-18, 2020.  The issues have ranged from the 2020 SBC Pastors’ Conference lineup, to the Ethics and Religious Liberties Commission, to the formation of the Conservative Baptist Network, and many more. Overlooked to some

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DAVIS EXTENDS URGENT CALL FOR TENN. BAPTISTS TO SUPPORT HB 1962

By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB There is almost a certainty that pro-life legislation in Tennessee eventually will be passed into law, but indecision abounds about what that legislation might look like when it finally lands on the governor’s desk for final approval. One thing about which there is no longer indecision is Senate Bill 1236, or the “conception bill.” “Senate Bill 1236 was an important bill that had

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JOHNSTON FAMILY FEELS ANNIE’S IMPACT EVERY DAY

Former Tennessee pastor sees AAEO at work as church planter in Nebraska   By David Dawson [email protected] OMAHA, Neb. — Ryan Johnston’s take on the importance of the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering is clear, concise and powerful.  “Every dollar goes toward changing lives,” he said. Johnston is a good authority to speak on the topic. He has seen the Anne Armstrong Easter Offering from both sides of the offering plate, so

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GOD AT WORK IN RECOVERY PROCESS IN BENTON COUNTY

By David Dawson [email protected] David Boyd, pastor at First Baptist Church, Camden, continues to hear harrowing tales about the tornadoes that tore through Benton County on Monday night. “(We’ve heard) things where you say, ‘wow, I thought that only happened in the movies,” Boyd said. “It’s almost hard to even imagine it.”   Although the violent storms didn’t create as much damage in Benton County as they did in other

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TENNESSEE DR VOLUNTEERS PREPARE FOR A ‘MARATHON’

By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] COOKEVILLE — Before the day was over on March 4 nearly 3,000 volunteers gathered in Putnam County to clear debris and help local residents begin their long road to recovery in the aftermath of a deadly tornado which swept through Middle Tennessee in the early morning hours of March 3. Similar numbers were out among those affected in other counties in Tennessee, primarily Davidson and Wilson

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FIRST CASE OF CORONAVIRUS DIAGNOSED IN TENNESSEE

By Lonnie Wilkey and Chris Turner Baptist and Reflector NASHVILLE — The first known case of the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has been discovered in Tennessee. Gov. Bill Lee held a called president conference on March 9 at the Tennessee Department of Health in Nashville, announcing the first confirmed case of the coronavirus. The patient is described as a 44-year-old man in Williamson County. He currently is quarantined in

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A BARKING DOG AND A MIRACLE

Minister and family escape death after tornado collapses house By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] COOKEVILLE — For the first in his life, Darrin Crockett is glad God did not answer his prayer. On Monday night, March 2, Crockett and his family went to bed as always. Their dog, “Doc,” however barked incessantly throughout the night. Crockett remembers asking God “to make that dog quit barking.” God apparently

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PASTORS REMAIN FAITHFUL AS TENNESSEE TORNADOES KILL AT LEAST 22

EDITOR’S NOTE: Baptist Press updated this story at 3 p.m. Tuesday. By Diana Chandler Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Pastors shared hope and faith in the midst of death and destruction early March 3 just after a series of tornadoes tore through middle Tennessee, killing at least 22 and heavily damaging businesses, homes and at least two Southern Baptist churches. An elderly couple who were longtime members of First Baptist Church

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DISASTER RELIEF RESPONDING IN WAKE OF TENNESSEE TORNADOES

By Baptist and Reflector Staff Editor’s note: This story was updated March 6. Additional tornado stories will be added to the website under Tennessee news as they become available. (Updated 11:50 am) Even as damage is being assessed, Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief (TBDR) teams are responding in the wake of a devastating EF-3 tornado that ripped through Nashville and traveled across Middle Tennessee as far as Cookeville today in the

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DISCUSSIONS, DECISIONS

SBC Executive Committee takes decisive actions regarding Pastors’ conference, sex abuse, ERLC By Diana Chandler Baptist Press NASHVILLE (BP) — A polarizing 2020 Pastors’ Conference program, a Texas church led by a registered sex offender and questions regarding the work of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission drew decisive action from the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee at its Feb. 17-18 meeting in Nashville. But in an enthusiastic sign of

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DISCUSSIONS, DECISIONS

SBC Executive Committee takes decisive actions regarding Pastors’ conference, sex abuse, ERLC By Diana Chandler Baptist Press NASHVILLE (BP) — A polarizing 2020 Pastors’ Conference

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